Give Him Thanks

 ^1-3 Thank you! Everything in me says “Thank you!”

    Angels listen as I sing my thanks.
I kneel in worship facing your holy temple
    and say it again: “Thank you!”
Thank you for your love,
    thank you for your faithfulness;
Most holy is your name,
    most holy is your Word.
The moment I called out, you stepped in;
    you made my life large with strength.

Make God Your Source

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

There is a correlation between the fear of God and wealth especially generational wealth. The biblical characters Who served God with a true and sincere heart made God the source of their daily provision and wealth. They trusted God and subsequently amassed wealth by the Spirit and leading of God. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Jabez, Job, David, Joseph, Daniel, Nehemiah, Jehoshaphat, Solomon and Hezekiah are some examples.

You cannot experience and enjoy the God of divine provision if you do not trust Him to provide for you. Please see Psalm 23. The Biblical King David always trusted God to provide for Him and he enjoyed God’s unfailing divine provision at all times. Please see Psalms 34 verses 9 to 10 and 37 verses 25 to 26.

If you know and believe God; and always ask from Him first; then you will never have to beg people to meet your needs as God will always direct people to work you in your favor.  This is because God will always direct people to give to you; surprisingly even before you ask from God sometimes. That is why you must do away with any dishonest methods of making money. If you think you cannot be rich through honesty, then you do not know God and the word. The Bible records that God gives you the power to get wealth in Deuteronomy Chapter 8 verse 18. Severally, God has made this happen in the lives of people and He is still making it happen.

Use Your Disadvantages to Advantage

 Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

A very wealthy chief tax collector named Zaccheaus wanted to see Jesus. But he had a challenge. Multitudes always thronged around Jesus and because Zacchaeus was of short stature, it would be a herculean task to see Jesus standing. Despite the challenge, Zacchaeus was undaunted. He was determined to see Jesus and no one would stop him. So he put his creative juices to task to come up with the best possible way of seeing Jesus despite his height advantage. He spotted a sycamore tree ahead, quickly ran ahead of the crowd and climbed up into the tree just so he could see Jesus.

God noticed and Jesus also noticed for it was not a coincidence that Jesus looked up at the tree and saw Zacchaeus. Jesus also asked Zacchaeus to hurry up and come down from the tree so that He would visit with Zaccheaus. The Bible records that Zacchaeus hastily came down from the tree, received Jesus joyfully and most importantly, Zaccheaus received salvation. What constituted a challenge that could have hindered his divine encounter with Jesus actually turned out to be a stepping stone as Zaccheaus creatively navigated his way out of it. His strategic position on top of the tree made him a city set on a hill that cannot be hidden. Please see Matthew Chapter 5 verse 14. Jesus saw him, the multitudes saw him and he became the cynosure of all eyes when Jesus asked him to come down from the tree so He could visit with him.

God Will Settle You

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The suffering won't last forever. It won't be long before this generous God who has great plans for us in Christ - eternal and glorious plans they are! - will have you put together and on your feet for good. 1^st Peter Chapter 5 verse 10.

God still settles His people and He will settle you in Jesus mighty name. To settle means to give rest, put an end to a matter, dispute, issue, disagreement, bring you to a point of rest. To be settled means that wars must cease in your life. Please see Joshua Chapter 23 verse 1. Because God had given Joshua rest, Joshua aged gracefully. Only God can bring about rest for anyone because God knows how to make wars to cease. Please see Psalm 46 verses 9 to 10, Deuteronomy Chapter 8 verses 7 to 10.

One can enter into rest financially, maritally, medically, etc. God demonstrates divine settlement through divine surplus. God wants to take you to a position of divine surplus. There is a breakthrough coming to you that is intended to settle you. In 2^nd Kings Chapter 4 verses 1 to 7, the Bible records that God settled the widow of the indebted prophet. The yoke of financial poverty and indebtedness was destroyed in her life. She was settled financially and her sons were free of debt slavery.

Though Naomi suffered losses in Moab – she lost her husband and her two sons, God settled her through Ruth. However, it is instructive that Naomi took a great quality decision to return to her roots. That singular action brought about restoration and divine settlement for both Naomi and Ruth. Please read the entire book of Ruth for greater insight.

Beloved, this implies that one of the keys to divine settlement is to return to your roots, your first love, God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. If you do this sincerely, God will sort you out, open your eyes of understanding to where you missed it and help you make amends that will bring about the restoration and the settlement. The widow of the indebted prophet also returned to God by crying to the prophet Elisha for a solution.